The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-12-30
The FAkn.
Stables for Farm Horses.

'"'1t SoSio'y VI AnSi"hus UeLHS pail VI
an able essay on the breeding and care
of horses:
"The stables should not be less than
eighteen feet wide, and. of such q
length as will allow a six feet standing
for each horse, and ten feet high. The
horses stand in asingle row. and the
harness is hung on pegs in the wall be-
hind them. This width hdrlits of thor
ough Ventilation to the static, w tnout
snojecting the horses to draughts.
Each standing should be parted Off by
an upright post, reaching from the
ground to the ceiling rafter, placed
three feet off from the wall at the
horses head. These partitions should
be closely boarded up three feet above
the mauger and hay crib, TO prevent
the horses quarrellipg about the food
| and kicking each other. To each of
these posts 4 bale eight feet long and
one foot eight inches wide, should be
huss., strong chain, to divide the
standings, nu,. suspended by another
strong : chain at .see hinder snd
from TIE ceiling ratter. Each chaln
shoald have hook and eye wl.bin
reached that may be readily uufasten-
ed. This arrangement will leave q
space Of six feet opposite the heal of
each horse, available for feeding pur-
poses. Tne nnhSer sor corn and chaff
may be made two feet si1 inches long.
/. should be two feet wide at the top;
one foot .1s inches al the bottom.
The hay and STRAW, which should be
cut into six-inch lengths. will require n
larger receptacle, which should b.
three feet six inches long, two fec. wide
at its upper part, and half that width
below.
sat the top Of this hay and straw,
an iron rack, with bars six inches
apart, should be SO hung as to open up
and fall beck against the wall to let
the fodder be put in, and then put
down upoh 1t for 'he' forses to eat
through. 1t Should be 50 much lmaiier
th;.n the opening that 10 1t can fll,
down with this fodder as 1t is consun H.
ed, by which means tot = particle is
! wasted: The top Of the front and ends
should bs covered with half-round iron,
q inches wide, screwed ON to projtc
over the front outside II qutrter of Az
irch, and three-quarters of an inch
inside thc panger. This prevents
the food being tossed out, and the man
ger being gunwed. A short post must
bG put as near the center of the stand
| ing as possible to support the manger
into which large screw ring must DC
pit tc let the chain or rope OF the head
stall to pass freely up and down with
ou: friction. The mangcr may be
three feet siS inches from the ground
to the top: the hay crib of course the
| same height.
"1'he flooring of the standings three
feet sin inches from the head, should
| be /, Ut, then with fall from both sides
to the center. where . dram OF four
inches width, with a removable Hat
cover fitted to the inside of it, should
be olace straight down the standing
with a fall into another larger cross
| m IN drain ten feet five inches from the
head, So rlaead as to carry away the
urine from all the smaller drains into
a tank outside the stable.
"The ventilation is the most i'm
portant feature in tho construction OF
the stable; upon it depends the health
of all the horses and consequently their
usefulness. No stable should be With
out constant change OF air, and NJ
horse in it should feel the draugnt,
The two erds of the stable may be SO
| conrrived AS to effect this object in thi
manner. Take twelve feet FROM the
head wall to the opening for the stable
door; allow eight inches for the Two
door posts, and four feet six ia,hes
for the duor. This will leava ten
incheg between the door post f.r;hest
from the horse and back wall. This
space. from tbe ground TO the top OF
the door, should be left open and
covered with strong rabbit wire-wo,k,
which shcpld he permanently fixed.
The door shottld be seven feet high,
and cut into tive parts horizontally, at
u height of four feet. The lower part
may be kept shut While the horses are
in; the upper three feet may be open
or shut according to the state OF the
atmosphere. Plenty Of light should be
admitted from the hinder wall by mar
row fxd windows, made Il
slabs of strong glass, never to b.
opened. Windows opening in bud
directions, and open syklights. kill
horses by wholesale. The arrangement
described Is suited for ten horses.
alt is important that the water whict
horses drink, should be exposed to thu
atmosphere at least six hours before
they are allowed to have it; and they
should never be allowed to drink unh
they have eaten something. The colo
is always occasioncd by their takiol
large quantities of cold water into
empty stomachs.
"The temperature of the cart-horst
stable should he MS little above the ex
ternal air as may be, to keep the in
mates comfortably warm. Iae rk
ing cart-horse, when turned out to tft
grass in summer, may have in I'll,
stable. or 10 pounds of bruised outs
mixed with little hay and straw Gu
together into chaG. In the winter time
he will consume, entirely in the stable
OF bruised oats, 10 pounds; OF hay ant
! stray cut together, Z pounds each; o
cut roots, % pounds given with tn
oats and chat. When roots eanpo. b,
had, pound of dry tran to each hosa'
per day may be substituted. Tho dis
ease caused greasy heels in horsas i
caused by washing their teet st nigh
and rot thoroughly drying hem atger
wards. They should not he washed
bat wiped down clean"
1t is generally supposed that the pi:
is capable Of diges'ing any kind o
food that is unit Tor the other classe
of stock. Ga the contrary it can b.
very easily injured by improl er food
aud will do hest on Il variety of vege
tabl,s and grass. Corn is iset neces
sary except to fatten the hog
The ground around the grape vine
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